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'Catching the Light is Suzanne Edgar’s fourth collection of poetry. In it, this ‘intelligent, inventive and gifted poet continues her daring discoveries and explorations’ (Les Murray) of both the light and the darker sides of life. When reviewing The Love Procession (2012), the late Peter Pierce praised Edgar’s `intense, melodious, carefully crafted, rewarding performance’ (Canberra Times, 2013). In the American magazine Antipodes (2014), John Beston’s overview of her poetry concluded, ‘her most important contribution to Australian literature and to world literature in general lies in her love poetry…her books belong alongside the outstanding women poets…in Australia: Judith Wright, Gwen Harwood and Rosemary Dobson’. Readers of Catching the Light will not be disappointed.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Verbal Castles
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 63 no. 9 2019; (p. 87-90)
— Review of Etiquette with Angels 1992 selected work poetry ; Catching the Light 2019 selected work poetry ; An Inherited Epic of Gilgamesh : A Poetic Memoir Dedicated to James McAuley 2019 selected work poetry ; The Gang of One : Selected Poems of Robert Harris 2019 selected work poetry ; Long-distance Poet : (A Portrait of the Poet as an Old Fart) 2019 selected work poetry -
Homegrown Poets Look Back, Within
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 December 2019; (p. 26)
— Review of Catching the Light 2019 selected work poetry ; Amnesia Findings 2019 selected work poetry ; The Lowlands of Moyne 2017 single work poetry ; Child in the Wings 2019 selected work poetry
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Homegrown Poets Look Back, Within
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 December 2019; (p. 26)
— Review of Catching the Light 2019 selected work poetry ; Amnesia Findings 2019 selected work poetry ; The Lowlands of Moyne 2017 single work poetry ; Child in the Wings 2019 selected work poetry -
Verbal Castles
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 63 no. 9 2019; (p. 87-90)
— Review of Etiquette with Angels 1992 selected work poetry ; Catching the Light 2019 selected work poetry ; An Inherited Epic of Gilgamesh : A Poetic Memoir Dedicated to James McAuley 2019 selected work poetry ; The Gang of One : Selected Poems of Robert Harris 2019 selected work poetry ; Long-distance Poet : (A Portrait of the Poet as an Old Fart) 2019 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2020 highly commended ACT Writing and Publishing Awards — Poetry
